Copyholder



Feb. 2 1926.

1,571,658 H. B. GOLES COPYHOLDER Filed June 1, 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet lINVENTOR ATTORNEY H. B. COLES Feb. 2ze., 192e.

COPYHOLDER Filed Jun'e 1', 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lNvENToR Hmm/d5 (bles vn-r'oRNEY Patented eb. 2, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFF1cE.-`

HOWARD B. GOLES, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 GOLES COPYHOLDERCOMPANY. A PARTNERSHIP COMBOSED OF HOWARD 1B. GOLES AND ERNEST H.

l STOLZ, BOTH 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

corYHoLDER.

Application filed .Tune 1, 1925. Serial No. 33,905. p

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HOWARD B. GOLES, a citizen of the United States,Aresiding at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new,

and useful Improvements in Copyholders, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to a copy holder device for attachment to a deskor like support and suitable for. use with typewriting and othermachines, and whereby the material to be copied or transcribed isbrought into view line by line.

It has for its object to provide means embodying a single clutchmechanism and controlled either by the hand onfoot of the operator foreecting a step by step movement of a transverse line indicating arm orrule" over the copy to progressively disclose the same; also, to'enablefrom the front of the copy holder said rule to be quickly and readilyreturnedk to its starting position thereon. A further object oftheinvention resides in a positive advancing means for said arm wherebythe same is advanced a uniform distance at each step,v`said distancecorresponding to the spacing of the copy and being adjustable thereto.

A still further object of the invention consists in an arrangementwhereby, in addition to its-use with sheets and the like, a note hookmay be readily held by the said device as when transcribing only iscontemplated.

The nature of the invention, however, will `best be understood whendescribed in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. lis a front elevation of the novel copy holder.

Fig. 2 is a side view of said copy holder,

and Fig. 3 is a lan view thereof.

Fig. l is a ragmentary detail sectional view of the advancing mechanism;and Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating theclutch releasingarrangement.

Referring to the drawings,7 10 designates a universahbracket whereby thenovel copy holder may be clamped or otherwise secured to a desk or otherarticle of furniture (indicated in phantom lines) in manner wellunderstood, and positioned conveniently to the operator. This lbracketis provided,

also, with an adjustable extension arm 1l of the lazy-tong type forpermitting the copy holder to be moved closer to or further awaylfromthe operator. At the top of this extension piece, several of the memberscomposing same are bent laterally away to provide a support or table12-for finished copy of a stenographers note book or'the like, as willhereinafter be more fully set forth.

To the outer end of the-said extension is adjustably secured the back orcopy plate or support member 13 for the copy; and the same is providedat its top with a springpressed clamping bar 14 under which may 15 fromone of its edges and corresponding to the table 12, preferably the righthand edge, the same being a distance from the bottom of the platesubstantially e ual to the length of an ordinary note boo as is;utilizedin taking stenographic notes; and the bottom of the plate is turnedoutwardly to provide a ledge or foot piece 16 which in some instancesmay be used as a support. A. spring clip 17, moreover, is provided alongthe bottom of the plate for retaining copy as well as the note book; andwhen the latter is employed, the portions of the same as completed areto be brought thru the slot 15 in back of said plate and rest upon thesupport member 12 to avoid over-balancing the book.

`When copying is done therefrom, as well as from ordinary sheets and thelike held by the top clamping bar 14, there is arranged to movedownwardly over same a line indicator as a swinging armor rule member 20which is preferably of semi-transparent material as colored Celluloid,the movement imparted thereto being intermittent on step by step andgauged to uncover one line of the copy at a time. Movement to the saidarm is communicated indirectly from a treadle member 21 which is placedon the such ioor conveniently tothe operator, althou h it is to beunderstood that, if desired, t e.

same may also be arranged for manual control. The movement of thetreadle member is communicated to a flexible shaft, as a Bowden cable22, and thru same to a verticall'y reciprocable clutch rod or spindle 23by means of an arm 23 extending laterally therefrom. The rod 23. ismounted in brackets 24 attached to the back of the copy late 13 and issprin urged upwardly, where y after the rod has een drawn downwardlythru the action of the treadle member in manner hereinafter set forth,it is returned immediately upon being released.

Surrounding this,ro is a sleeve or slide 25 containing a suitableone-way clutching mechanism as a ball clutch 26, the clutching portionof which surrounds said rod 23 to grip the sleeve to the rod in itsdownward motion but permits the rod to return freely therethru in itsupward movement when suitably released. Thus at every stroke of thetreadle member, the sleeve is moved downwardly a predetermined distance,which distance corresponds to the required copy s acing, and which maybe altered thru a justment of a nut or stop 27 rotatably mounted on thelower threaded end of the rod and adapted to strike the lower of thebrackets 24 1n its downward movement.

The sleeve 25 is surrounded by a further sleeve 30 which carries abracket 31 having an inwardly extending arm preferably covered with softmaterial such as rubber,

' the same bearing against the back of the backof the copy plate tointroduce friction for holding the bracket and sliding member as a wholethereto, the pressure exerted upon said arm and rule 20 being in amountdetermined by the tension of a suitable s ring,

as hereinafter set forth. The outer e ge of` the bracket 31,furthermore, is provided with a pair of outwardly extendingears 32, pervforated to receive and pivot a wire support member '33 for thesaid armor rule member 20 and to hold. therebetween a sprin 34 coiled about saidwire end. One end o the said spring is attached to the wire and theotherto the bracket, `thereby tensioning the wire and its attached rule thedesired extent to maintain the latterf in proper contact with any copyon the front of the plate. This construction provides for a resilientmounting which enables the rule to not only press down the copy but tobe swung outwardly 'plate and held un er a clip member 35 at` thertop ofthe said plate.

mally, the projection 36 is out of contact with said end 37; but, as therule 20 is moved away from the front of the copy holder, it engages theconical terminal 37 and forces the sleeve 25 upwardly to thereby releasethe ball clutch from its grip on the rod 23 and to permit the rule as awhole to be moved upwardly the desired extent. Itwill be noted j thatthis operation may conveniently be accomplished from the front of thecopy holder in grasping the rule 20 or its supporting wire 33 andswinging it outwardly and then moving upwardly said rule. As soon as therule is returned to its holding position on the plate, the projection 36disengages from the conical terminal 37 and sleeve 25 is again locked tothe rod 23 against upward movement thereon, said sleeve 25 beingassisted to the locking position under the action of a spring 38 locatedbetween the head of the terminal 37 and the lower edge of the sleeve'30, being coiled about a portipn of the sleeve 25.

In'nstances vwhere it is desired to retain copy wider than thatcorresponding to the width of the plate 13, a wire support {not shown)may e snapped into perforatlons 40 of the side of liange 41 of the plateat the edge opposite that about which the wire 33 extends, the latterwith its rule member 20 is to be furnished in various correspondinglengths.

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l. In a copy holder: a supporting plate or back for the copy, a clampingbar at the to for securing copy thereto, means mov. ab e over the backof said plate, a rule mem- .ber carried thereby and operable downwardlyover the front of the plate, and means controlled by said rule member toallow'for returning said movable means to its uppermost position bycorrespondingly moving the rule member.A

A2. In a copy holder: a supporting plate or back for the' copy, aclamping bar at the top for securing copy thereto, a rod mounted uponthe back of said plate to reciprocate longitudinally thereof, said rodbeing spring urged upwardly, a slide member and clutch mountedabout saidrod, means to reciprocate the rod to draw the slide member downwardly, arule member connected with said slide member and operable downwardlythereby over the front of the plate, and means controlled. by said rule-member to allow for returning said slide to its uppermost position bycorrespondingly moving the rule member. l

3. In a copy holder: a supportingplate or back for the copy, a clampingbar at the top for-securing the copy thereto,l a securing bracket and anextension member connecting the same with the plate, a rod mounted uponthe back of said plate to reciprocate longitudinally thereof, said rodbeing spring-urged upwardly, anarm extending outwardly from said rod, aBowden cable attached to said arm, a treadle member securedfto the otherend of said cable for pulling down said arm and its attached rod, asliding sleeve with ball clutch surrounding said rod and having aconical portion at its lower end, a second sleevesurrounding saidfirst-named sleeve, a bracket secured to'v the surrounding sleeve havingan arm extending therefrom for engagement with the back of the plate anda further arm extending in the opposite direction and from, a wiremounted to oscillate in said ears extending over the edge of the plateto the front face thereof, a rule member carried by said wire, a springabout the inner end of the wire between said ears to normally hold therule member under tension to the face of said plate, said wire havingalso a portion at the back of the plate kfor engagement with the conicallower end of the said inner sleeve when therule member is moved awayfrom the face of the plate, and a spring between said conical end of theinner sleeve and the lower edge of the surrounding sleeve to normallyurge said inner sleeve downwardly for clutching the same to its rod.

t. In a copy holder: a supporting plate or back forthe copy, a clampingbar at the top for securing the copy thereto, a securing bracket and anextension vmember connecting the same with the plate, a rod mounted uponthe back of said plate to reciprocate longitudinally thereof, said rodbeing spring-urged upwardly, an arm extending outwardly from said rod, aBowden cable attached to said arm, a treadle member se# cured to theother end of said cable foi1 pulling down said arm and its attached rod,a bracket thru which-the lower end of said rod is adapted to pass, saidlower end being threaded and having a nut working thereon above saidbracket whereby the amount said rod is drawn downwardly may be suitablyadjusted, a sliding sleeve with ball clutch surrounding said rod andhaving a conical portion at its lower end, a second sleeve surroundingsaid Vfirst-named sleeve, a bracket secured tothe surrounding sleevehaving an arm extending therefrom for engagement with the back of theplate and a further -arm extending inthe opposite dirovided with a pairof ears directed outward y theref rect-ion and provided with a pair ofears directed outwardly therefrom, a wire mounted to oscillate in saidears extending overvthe edge of the plate to the front face thereof,avrule member carried by said wire, a spring about the inner end of thewire between said ears to Irormally hold the rule member under tensiontor the face of said plate, said wire havinur also a portion at the backof the plate 'or engagement with the conical lower end of the said innersleeve when the rule member is moved away from the face of the plate,and a spring between said conical end of the inner sleeve and the loweredge of the surrounding sleeve to normally ur esaid inner sleevedownwardly for clutc ing the same to its rod.4

5. In a copy holder: a plate or back for the copy, a support thereforattached '1.o the back of said plate and having a laterally directedsubstantially horizontal support, said plate having a transverse slotinwardly directed from the corresponding edge at a predetermineddistance above the bottom and thru which completed portions of a notebook may extend and rest upon said laterally directed support. y

l6. In a copy holder: a supporting plate orback for the copy, sa-idplate having a transverse slot inwardly directed from one of its sideedges at a predetermined distance above the bottom of the plate, asecuring bracket, and an extension member connecting the same with theplate, said'extcnsion member having a laterally directed substantiallyhorizontal support located in proximity to the said slot for supportingcompleted portions of a note book extending thru the latter.y

7. In a copy holder: a supporting plate or back for the copy, said platehaving a transverse slot inwardly directed from one of its side edges ata predetermined distance above the bottom of the plate, a clamping barat the top for securing the copy thereI to, a securing bracket, and anextension member connecting the same with the plate .and having alaterally directed Substantially horizontal support located in proximityto the said slot for supporting completed portions of a note bookextending thru the latter, a rod mounted upon the backof said plate toreciprocate longitudinally thereof, said rod being spring-urgedupwardly, an armvv extending outwardly from said rod, a Bowden cableattached to saidl arm, a treadle member secured to the other end of saidcable for pulling down said arm and its attached rod, a bracket thruwhich the lower end of said rod is adapted to pass, said lower end beingthreaded and having a nut working thereon above said bracket whereby theamount said rod is drawn downwardly may be suitably adjust ed, a slidingsleeve with ball clutch surlltli rounding said rod.. and having@ conicalportion at 1ts lower end, a second sleeve surrounding said first-namedsleeve, a bracket 'secured to the surrounding sleeve having au 10' latein said'ears. extending over the edge of .the late to the front facethereof, a rule f mem er carried `by said wire, a spring about the innerend of the wire between said ears having also a portion at to normallyhold the rule member under` tension to the face of said late, said wiretiie back of the plate r engagement with the conical lower end of thesaid inner sleeve when the rule member is moved away from the face ofthe plate, and a spring between said conical end of the inner sleeve andthe lower edge of the surrounding sleeve to normally urge said innersleeve downwardly for clutching the same to its rod.

HOWARD B. GOLES.

